Thank you so much for all of your help. I really appreciate it! I will definitely go pick that book up!
Lauren On Dec 1, 2007 7:32 AM, mary milner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you read Carol Lyon's book, Teaching Struggling Readers? It is a > very > powerful book. I have taught 6th graders who couldn't read, and Lyon's > book > probably addresses some issues you are having. Also, I don't think you > can > go wrong with teaching these kids basic reading strategies like in Fountas > & > Pinnell's book, Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children. > Dr. > Marie Clay said that we "create" a lot of LD kids by not addressing their > confusions about print when they are beginning readers, so I suspect that > a > good number of your 6th graders may have missed out on good first > teaching. > I have been teaching a long time, and I don't think there are any kits or > programs out there that provide what these struggling readers need, since > they will flourish with teaching based on close observation of what they > can > do & then individual attention to help them get where they need to go. > Mary M./TX > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ann Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Please Help > > > > Read the book: Small-Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated > Teaching > > Model for Beginning and Struggling Readers. > > > > Sorry, I don't know who wrote it. I'm using this book in an Early > Literacy > > Class I'm taking this semester. > > > > I'm using the program with 3 different reading groups. One of the groups > > is > > an Emergent Reading group. The other 2 have kids in the Fledgling level > > that > > started on level 4 in mid October with 1 starting level 10 today and the > > other is on level 7. The one on level 7 comes to resource reading from > the > > Life Skills class. > > > > Mary Ann > > Traditional Sounds > > www.traditionalsounds.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lauren Grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:18 PM > > Subject: [MOSAIC] Please Help > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am a first year special education teacher and am in desperate need of > >> help > >> with some of my struggling readers. I am working with 6th grade > >> students > >> and some of my students started with about 80 sight words at the > >> beginning > >> of the year. The entire special education team is new to the school > and > >> we > >> are basically starting from scratch because all of the reading programs > >> were > >> taken by the teachers who left. I need some intense remediation for > >> these > >> students who are predominately labeled as LD. I would appreciate any > >> suggestions on what to do and what types of programs would best meet > the > >> needs of my students. Also, one that either has trainings frequently > and > >> close to Alexandria or that does not require any training. I hope I > did > >> this correctly because this is my first post. Thank you so much for > all > >> of > >> your help!!! > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mosaic mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > . > >> > >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
